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Key Buildings List, Images & Lecture on the life and work of Jørn Utzon ![]() Sydney Opera House : photo supplied by RIAS Jorn Utzon: Pritzker Architecture Prize Danish architect Jorn Utzon designer of the Sydney Opera House, Australia, received the 2003 Laureate of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Nobel Prize of the architecture world. The Pritzker Prize ceremony took place at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Jorn Utzon is the first Dane to become a Pritzker Laureate. Jorn Utzon architect - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1978 Jørn Utzon by Professor Richard Weston - Talk at the RIAS Conference 2004, Review by Adrian Welch ![]() Professor Richard Weston: Jørn Utzon expert and author of Utzon book Jorn Utzon by Professor Richard Weston Key Buildings Courtyard-Style Housing, Denmark 1956-58 Preceding the Sydney Opera House were two housing developments in Denmark. The Kingo Houses in Helsingør. Sixty-three L-shaped houses were built in rows following the contours of the site, providing views for each house, and access to sunlight and shelter from the wind. For many architects the Kingo Houses remain one of their favourite projects due to the scheme's combination of simplicity and inventiveness. Jorn Utzon - Kingo Houses Sydney Opera House, Australia 1957-73 Utzon worked with Ove Arup on this seminal building, but sadly in 1966 Jorn Utzon left Sydney in a cloud of controversy. Jorn Utzon - Sydney Opera House Bagsvaerd Kirke, Copenhagen Utzon's next major design - after returning to Denmark after Sydney - was the Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen. Jorn Utzon planned the interior vaults after being inspired by banks of clouds. Jorn Utzon - Bagsværd Church Fredensborg Houses, Denmark 1962 47 courtyard and 30 terraced houses grouped around a square in staggered blocks of three. Utzon integrated communal meeting and dining functions with private houses; guest rooms were also included, unusually as a separate clustered element. Jorn Utzon - Fredensborg Houses Kuwait National Assembly 1982 The Kuwait National Assembly famously slings a huge curved canvas over the main spaces. The canvas fabric recalls the use of concrete at the Bagsværd Church. Jorn Utzon - Kuwait building Two Houses, Majorca Utzon moved to Majorca in the early 1970s. With his wife Lis he lives in a house designed by himself, Can Feliz. The architecture is very solid and simple. Can Feliz has been described as a miniature acropolis. Jorn Utzon - Majorca Houses Jørn Utzon - Works: Church at Bagsvaerd, north Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974-76 Houses in Fredensborg, Fredensborg, North Sealand, Denmark, 1959-62 Kingo Houses, Elsinore, Denmark, 1956 Sydney Opera, Sydney, Australia, 1957-73 Kuwait National Assembly Complex (architectural competition 1971-72), Kuwait Fredensborg houses (Terrasserne), Denmark Esbjerg Theatre and Concert Hall (Musikhuset Esbjerg), Denmark Can Feliz - Mallorca, Spain Skagen Odde NatureCentre, Denmark, 1999-2000 by Jørn, Kim and Jan Utzon Humana Zimbabwe Kalkbrænderihavnen - Copenhagen waterfront Paustian furniture sales and exhibition building, Copenhagen, Denmark Herning Shipping office building for Herning Shipping Company, Denmark,1986 Dunkers Kulturhus Dunkers house for culture, Hälsingborg, Sweden by Kim Utzon Stride Strømme Meeting place, Samsø, Denmark Institute of Technology, Odense, Denmark, 1986 IICD - Dowagiac, Michigan, USA Marienlyst Hotel extension extension to an old sea-side hotel, Marienlyst, Helsingør, Denmark Vejle hotel, Denmark uno-X petrol station Petrol filling station for the uno-X petrol company, Herning, Denmark Ro-house, Fyn, Denmark Kalvebod Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark - Project Jorn Utzon in Copenhagen: Dockland architecture in Copenhagen including context just south of Jorn Utzon's dockland building Key Danish Building: Bagsvaerd Church, north Copenhagen, Denmark - images from 2002 Jørn Utzon: Sketch for Sydney Opera House: ![]() image supplied by RIAS Jørn Utzon architect 1918- Son of Aage Utzon Jorn Utzon by Professor Weston, 2004: ![]() Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon: photo supplied by RIAS Architecture Books Povl Ahm house - private, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England 1960-62 with Povl Ahm Grade II listed Copenhagen Architecture Denmark Modern Architects Jørn Utzon Arkitekt : Danish designers The spelling of Jørn Utzon has been recast as Jorn Utzon so typical browsers can provide an intelligible character, and thus title for the architect - apologies to Danes and perfectionists! World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Jørn Utzon : Pritzker Prize Winner 2003 Buildings / photos for the Jorn Utzon page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Jorn Utzon buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Website: www.utzon.dk |